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FIG. 2-DARr FOR KING BEAN eAMv

FIG. 2-DART FOR KING BEAN GAME
10 play the game, the two players now
seat themselves on opposite sides OF a table on
which they have placed the bean board each
holding dart in one hand and string at
tached to the nearest king bean in the other
Having decided which is to play first, each
player in turn shoots his dart at his adyer
sary's beans; all the beans on the dark half Of
the board belonging to the PLAYER whose
King Bean is on that side, and ali the beans
on the light half belonging to the other
player
When player spears an adversary's bean
so that it can be carried off the board on the
point of the dart, he counts the mlmber
marked on the circle from whicl, il was
taken. If he misses, ba counts nothing. and
II he strikes on his own ground, instead of
his opponents, he loses five; that is to saw.
f1ve is deducted from his score. When a
player spears his opponents king bean he
counts 100. But player, if he thinks his adj
Versary is trying TO spear his king bean, NAV
pull it away by the thread. If, however. he
pulls it away on false alarm before tbs
other shoots, or when the daEt strikes within
one OF the other circles, he loses five: that is
hVe Is deducted from his score. But if the
dart strikes within the king bean circle, or if
IL strlRes IN the space between the circles. but
not ON the players half of the board, neither
counts 1t is the object of each player to
mislead his opponent on this point and ma1,a
his adversary believe he is about to attack
the lstter's king bean, when, in reality, he i
aiming at something else. Whoever first
scores 110 wins the game
Small counters of felt or stout cloth can be
used instead of beans, and viii last much
longer
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The sweetest Girl in rnun-

know q little maiden, the sweetest one in town.
She has no golden ringlcts nor glossy crls Of
brown;
Her eyes are not like hiurkclls, nor lily white her
skin,
And no bewitching dimples peep out from cheek
or chin.
But she has smiles in plenty for dark DAYS and
for bright
For winter and for summer, for morning, noon
and night
All! on her frecked forrhrad never saw a
frown,
And thai is why l call her the sweetest Girl in
town, -lIarpcrS Young Folks
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The Dancing Pea.

Take piece of tobacco pipe Of about tbree
inches in length, one end Of which, at least
n broken of even, and with a knife or file,
make the hole somewhat larger, so as in fact
to form a little hollew cup. Next Get n yerv
round pea, put it in the hollow at the end Of
the bit of pipe, place the other end of the
latter in your mouth, hold it there quite in a
perpendicularposition, by inrlining your head
back, and then blow through it very softly.
the pea viii be lifted from its cup. and rise
and fall according to the degree of force with
pipe '''o
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JOHNNY at PLAY

Grandma-johnny, have discovered that
you have aiken more maple sugar than
gave You.
johnny fes, grandma I've been making
belleye that there was another little hoy
spending the day with me.
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Ernrs and TndnnI..

The old frogs spend the winter in the mud
In early spring they come forth from their
hiding places and during the month Of April
their eggs are % be seen floating on stagnant
ponds, where they appear like masses Of white
Jelly. In due time there energies from this
1ellylike mass gradually, but surely, a family
Of tadpoles First the heads appear, then
the tails and finally the completed tadpoles
And now begins the transformation That
changes tadpole to a frog. The body of
the tadpOle grows broader, the tail becomes
thinner and thinner until it disappears en-
tirely, and in its stead come two hind legs.
soon the fore legs make their appearances,
pole is lost in the fully developed frog,
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How to BLOW Big soap Bubbles.

The following directions for blowing enor.
nous soap bubbles were found in a letter ia
Harper's Young Folks: II want to tell your
readers how to blow very large soap bubbles +
have never heretofore seen any blown excent
by means Of the old fashioned clay pine. and
six or seven inches in diameter are about the
largest bubbles so made; but lately, in order
to please my own fine youngster, commenced
to experiment in bubble blowing, and sur-
prised myself as well as my boy by nv Won
derful success. | produced some beautiful
ones, fully eighteen inches in diameter. or
four and half feet i'll circumference. anl
sufficiently strong to last several moments
after leaving the instrument Of their mann
facture. Take good soapsuds, such as ordi-
narily used, and glass lamp chimney, which
should be well soaped around its lower edge.
Phis lower end should be applied to the suds.
little practice is necessary to become a good
blower, and it is best to hold the smaller e,si
about two or three inches from the month ~
larger and stronger bubbles can be q Bro
duced than if the end of the chimney We're
held close to the mouth A chimney such aS
is used on an Argand lamp is preferred for
the purpose.
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A Cnrinsitr m ,,nr.,.-

Golden DAYS calls attention to the fart that
the i've yowrs appear in alphabetical order
IN ,,'atstemious, also in tile Word ,facetious. y
US the j.
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TAKE NOTICE.

That the finest stock of custom
goods in our city IS found in the
tailoring department, 416 Market
Street.
Our SEQ Suits arc attracting
great attention.
Our S25 styles have no equal
We ask you to see them.
a large selection of Trouser-
ings than all others combined.
Prices IS to SI2.
Our cutter has no superior, and
ali our work guaranteed or money
refunded. Now is the time to
mskc your selection
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E0V' 1NI1Nu bEEhlf IAME.
Take pine board ten by eighteen inches in
size and mark it out in circles of about two
inches in diameter, as represented in the
chart. Half the board should be blackened.
as indicated, and the circles colored white
The other half the board should be white, and
the sircles m it colored light blue or red.
Tken make two darts, about six inches long,
out of pine wood, with a,fsather at one end
and needle. at the other. Soak number Of
split beans in water until they are quite soft
and place one in every circle. Attach a
thread to each of the beans you place in the
cirels marked "King Beam
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NOME TESTIMONIALS.

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YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN.
ENORMOUS SOAP BUBBLES BLOWN
FROM LAMP CHlMNE.YS.

The Game of .'ISing Beam" which MAY
BE Played by Boys and Girls--How to
Make the Bean Board and Feather
Darts.
king Bean" an illustration of which is
here gived, will doubtless prove an entertain
ing game to many readers. st. Nicholas tells
how it is to be PLAYED
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THE WAR SERIES,
NOVELS AND STORIES,

"Tbe Hundreth Man, "a novel by Frank r.
Stockton, ,author of ''The Lady, or the Tiger"
etc, begins in November. Two noyelettes by
George w. Gable, stories by Mary Hallock
Foote, "Uncle Remus," Julian Hawthorne,
Edward Egglcstou, and other prominent
American authors will be printed during the
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ALL NEW STOCK.
$3.50 to So.

These are the prices that at
tract attention when looking for
a suit to please THAT Boy"
Coupled with the quality ofour
clothing it IS sure to be just what
you want. All new styles.
# you want heavy suit cut
prices will induce you to purchase
at 4I6 Market St.
If you want spring weights, our
$50, 400, 45o and 500 Suits
are the ones to select from. All
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Styles the latest Quality the
finest Prices the lowestI Stock
the largest These combinations
at 416 Market St.
Merit demands recognition. 1t
is found in our goods, manufacture
ed expressly for us by Wanamak, |
er & Brown, and our prices are
the lowest.
Large stock Of Spring Over
coats. Style, Pri2es and quality
will please you.
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THE :. CENTURY
For 1886 81.

inaBazlne, naVlnP aaregular circulation O
about two hundred thousand copies, oftel
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Its many attractions for the coming year is
serial which has been in active preparation
for sixteen years. 1t is history of our owl
country in its most critical time, as set fortl
in
THE LIFE OF LINCOLN,
BY HIS CONFIDENTIAL sECRETARIEs
JOHN g. NICOLAY AND COLONEL
JOHN HAY.
This great work, begun, with the sanction
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"Tbe Hundreth Man, "a novel by Frank r.
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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-12-31

A gentleman who was invited out
to dine ut a Delaware-avenue resi-
dence lately observed that the chan
delier over the dining-room table
was of a peculiar construction so
that there was a light over the head
of each guest. The globes were OF
various colors, some amber, some
red and some blue. "What is the
object of having the globes OF diff.
ferent colors?" the gues' asked OF
his hostess.
"Why. you see," said she, "when
one gives a dinner or tea one must
invite some people whom one per.
fectly hates. Now, last Tuesday, l
gave a supper and l had to invite
two women whom l despise. But
I had to invite them or some OF the
Young men l wanted wouldn't come.
I had my revenge on my fair enc.
mics. however. l placed each Of
these two women under one Of those
male blue lights 1t the table. They're
nsuallv considered beautiful women
but under that light they had the
mo ghastly look you ever saw,
They werspertsct scsrecrows. They
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MUST Be MA1vRAlIzED.
Women Must Take Out Papers Before
Working for the Government

Clnclnndu EnXuIteu.
The provision of the civil servise
rules which required women not
born in this country to take out
naturalization papers before they
can be examined does not appear
to have attracted much attention
hitherto. The rule, which is based
upon the word "citizen," in the law,
provides that every application, in
order to entitle the applicant to ap-
pear for examination or to be ex-
amined, must state under oath the
full name, address, ETC., "citizen-
ship" and other facts. In the ap-
plication blanks the first question
is: "Are you a citizen of the United
State? If not by birth, have yea
been naturalized, and whens 1t
has been the ruling of the commits
sion all along that woman not
born in this country must take out
naturalization papers before she is
entitled to be examined.
Not many cases have arisen un-
der this ruling. The most recent
is that of lady of Ohio, who wrote
to the president, claiming that che
had been cut off from the privilege
Of examination because she had
not taken out naturalization pa
pcrs. She protested that she is as
good and loyal a citizen as anybody,
and that with the exception of Mrs.
Langtry she had never heard Of a
woman taking out such papers III
this country. The letter was re-
ferred to the civil service commits
sion. The lady is mistaken about
the singularity of Mrs. Langtry's
performance. The case Of Mrs.
Langtry attracted uncommon at
tention because it was widely cir
culated as sensational advertise
ment for a poor actress, but there
are many cases of women becom-
ing naturalized prior to the case Of
the jersey Lily.
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What Glass Eyes Cost

jewelers. Weekly: The price OF
glass ewes is becoming cheaper on
account of competition, and at the
same time the quality is better
than hitherto. A common glass
eve may be had for 80, but they
are not a good imitation and do not
last long. A first-class eye costs
$50. ar even more. The best will
not last over two years, because the
secretions of the hollow Of the eye
roughen the glass by chemical ac-
ton. and the roughness iritates the
flesh. If . person could buy glass
eyes at wholesale by the gross. he
could get them for about . apiece.
But be would have to look over 4
great many before finding one q
match his other eye in sire, color,
and exprossion. Glass eyes anaall
80 sbfoad, principally IN 0sr'
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many and France. no factory hav-
ing been started here, although
there is a great demand for them in
this country. A skillful oculist
can put a glass eye into the cavity
so that very close observation is
necessary to detect. Not only are
the size and color Of the natural
eye counterfeited, but even the gen.
eral expression. The oculist has
yet to discover means of giving
that sympathetic movement which
distinguishes a pair of eyes. There
is quite large number of people
with glass eyes, say in 400.
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seemed to have aged twenty years
the minute that they sat down. The
men noticed it, of course, but they
did not divine what caused it. They
were quite taken aback and awfully
grum at first. But, finally, one of
them turned with a sigh and began
talking to a real lovely homely lit
tie thing that was sitting under a
ruby-colorcd light. Why, she was
perfectly lovely under it. So, you
see, when / want people to look
perfectly hideous | put them under
the blue lights. 1t kills everything.
Buffalo Courier.
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NOT so RUSTIC AS HE LOOKED.

He was decidedly rustic in ap-
pearance and would pass anywhere
for cowbow. He was taking
drv smoke as he boarded the train
at Abilene. He took a seat near
some Dallas men, and drew from his
pocket a bunch of safety matches.
He took one of the matches from
the box, crossed his legs and swiped
the match across his thigh three or
four times, but failing to ignite it,
threw it down and took another.
which he put through the same
order with precisely the same re-
suit. This time he uttered cuss
word and selected fresh match,
the end of which he carefully ex-
amined before raking it on his
breeches. This match also failed
to strike fire, and the man swore
some more and broke half dozen
matches in quick succession. One
Of the Dallas men, who had been
watching him, said:
"My friend, you have to strike
those matches on the box"
"Who is doing this, anyhow"
and he went on breaking matches
faster than ever. Nobody inter-
rup.ed him until he had wasted the
whole box of matches without get
ting light. He then ran his hand
in his pocket and fished out another
box of the same brand and COM
menced on it. The same Da2lasitc
again spoke to him Of the folly Of
wasting matches in that style, and
told him that he might try until
the crack of doom and he never
could strike o match of that make
unless he raked it across the box.
"I'll bet you $40 l can," said the
unsuccessful match-striker.
"I'll take the bct," replied the
Dallas man. The money was put
up, the young man went to the
glass and rubbed the match on it,
and it ignited. The green young
man lighted his cigar, took in the
money, smiled n dry, sardonic,
Mephistophelean grin and said
something about the ruinous con-
sequences Of "betting on another
| fellows trick."-Dallas News.
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ABusIus 4 PRINCE.
Cruelty Practiced Upon Frederick the
Grcat by His Own Father.
Youths Companion.

Youths Companion.
Probably no young man Of royal,
or even noble birth, ever underwent
a training of more awful severity
than did Frederick the Great of
Prussia. His father, Frederick Will
lam L., was an arbitrary monarch
and a domestic tyrant. Econom-
ical to a fault, he forced his family
to do without many Of the neces-
saries of life, and his cruelty to all
its members is unequaled in the
civilized society of modern times.
Prince Frederick, in his misery and
Indignation, poured forth to his be-
loved sister Wilhelmine the follow
ing complaint, which probably does
not in the eastexaggerate his woes
81 am perpetually being told to
have patience, but no one knows
what l have to endure. l am treated
like a slave and beaten every day,
and have no relaxation of any kind.
| am forbidden to read, to study
the science of music, and am
scarcely allowed to speak to any
body.
"My life is in perpetual danger.
l am surrounded by spies; l have
not even enough clothes, and am
wanting in most other necessaries
of life.
"Thc king sent for me the other
morning. AS soon as l entered the
room he seized me by my hair and
threw me on the ground. After
having beat me with his fists he
dragged me to the window and tied
the cord which fastened back the
curtain round my throat. | had,
fortunately, time to get up and seize
hold of his haLds, but as he pulled
with all his might at the cord round
nv throat felt / was being stran-
gled, and screamed for help. A
page rushed in to my assistance
and had to use force in freeing me
from my fathers hands.
Who can wonder that, after years
of such treatment. he decided to
run away? His plans for flight
were all made, when his intentions
were suspected and he was placed
under arrest. Eluding the vigilance
of his guards, he then put on q
French uniform, and had actually
stolen away when he was seized and
brought before his father.
The king fell upon him, tore his
hair out by handfuls and beat him
until he bled, finally asking him
why he deserted"
Because" said the prince, in q
firm, calm voice, because you dc
not treat me like your son, but like
a slave"
"You are a mean deserter You
have neither courage nor honor |!
screamed the king.
More words followed, and tht
king, in frenzy, drew his sword, bu
was prevented by the courtiers from
injuring Frederick.
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Arnm Receiving 5000 Letters . Day

There are in New York, no lese
than 300 firms which receive more
ihan 1000 letters q day the year
round, more than 100 firms that
receive $500 letters, fifty firms that
receive between 1900 and 4,OOO
letters. and ono firm receives an
average of 5000 letters q day-the
number frequently running above
10000 in the busy season. There
fore. the mere fact that / 900 letters
a day 20 to one address does not
call for an investigation.-N. T.
Letter to Hartford Times.
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Underground Wires in Great Britain

Some very interesting facts con-
corning underground wires in Great
Britain were given recently by W.
II. Preece in paper read before
the society of Arts. "In London
alone" he said, "we have 225 miles
of pipe, containing 1922 miles Of
wire. In fact, all our great trunk
lines are out of danger of stoppage
from storms. We have S6S miles
of open wire included within the
metropolitan area, but these are
chiefly in the subcrbs, and include
long outlying sections, used either
for police or fire brigade wires or
for private persons. There are 2l3
offices in London now served wholly
by buried wire." 1t appears that
i'm 1886 there were in the United
Kingdom 26.426 miles Of overhead
telegraph lines, embracing 15O,59O
miles of wire, and 677 miles of un-
derground lines, with 19,6O5 miles
of wire. 1t is estimated that to
connect only the more important
towns by underground wires. and
"uniting these towns by less than
half the existing number OF over
head wires, would cost something
like f2,5OO.OOO." Of submarine
cable there are now 1858 nauti-
cal miles, which has absorbed a
capital of $37, 100000. The larger
part of this, or lO2,231 miles, is
owned by twenty-seven private
companies, having from one to fifty
three cables each.-N. Y. Fire and
WnAor